Paveewhack is the story of teenage Irish Traveller Jack Joyce- or Whack as he's known- who must adapt to the settled life after his father moves the family into a house in a small Midlands town. A kind of Irish Huck Finn, Whack is more interested in working, hunting and courting than in school. But when he gets involved with the local guards and two settled girls, life suddenly becomes more complicated than he could ever have imagined. Before long, Whack is on the run....